Tamilokus mabinia, a new, anatomically divergent genus and species of wood-boring bivalve from the Philippines.

ABSTRACT: Here we describe an anatomically divergent wood-boring bivalve belonging to the family Teredinidae. Specimens were collected off the coast of Mabini, Batangas, Philippines, in February 2018, from sunken driftwood at a depth of less than 2 m. A combination of characteristics differentiates these specimens from members of previously named teredinid genera and species. Most notable among these include: an enlarged cephalic hood which extends across the posterior slope of the shell valves and integrates into the posterior adductor muscle; a unique structure, which we term the 'cephalic collar', formed by protruding folds of the mantle immediately ventral to the foot and extending past the posterior margin of the valves; a large globular stomach located entirely posterior to the posterior adduc

SUBMITTER: Shipway JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6368970 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature